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Anisfield-Wolf Book Award アニスフィールド=ウルフしょう

Edition 74 (2009)

FictionPoetryNonfictionMemoir/AutobiographyLifetime achievementSpecial achievement

Winners

4 people
Louise Erdrich るいーず・あーどりっち Winner

The Plague of Doves is a novel that explores a murder case and Indigenous community memory and offers substantial reading.

It leaves a quiet afterglow through a murder case and Indigenous community memory.

family historyIndigenous lifeguiltmemory
Nam Le なむ・れ Winner

The Boat is a linked short-story collection that explores migration from Vietnam and displacement and offers substantial reading.

It leaves a quiet afterglow through migration from Vietnam and displacement.

migrationshort storiesdisplacementmemory
Annette Gordon-Reed あねっと・ごーどん=りーど Winner

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family is a historical study that explores the Hemings family and the history of slavery and offers substantial reading.

It leaves a quiet afterglow through the Hemings family and the history of slavery.

slaveryfamily historyAmerican historyhistorical research
Paule Marshall ぽーる・まーしゃる Special Award

代表作(例: Brown Girl, Brownstones) is a novel that explores memory and community and offers substantial reading.

It leaves a quiet afterglow through memory and community.

novelmemoryfamilyhistory